via FirstLadyB:
Since March 8th is International Women’s Day, who better to cover the March issue of ELLEthan Angelina Jolie.
Inside the publication, Angelina Jolie has a conversation with former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about violence against women, and what she tells her daughters.
Here is an excerpt from that conversation:
JK: When I was a young prosecutor, a lot of people didn’t believe that violence against women was a crime. We tried to chip away at that old thinking by expanding counseling programs for rape victims and hiring and promoting more women prosecutors.
AJ That’s exactly it: changing thinking as well as laws. I think of how hard women fought to get us to where we are today. Everything counts, from the way you hold yourself in your daily life and educate yourself on your own rights, to solidarity with other women around the world.
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